To meet once more in council after a long seperation
and having passed through many sore and grieveous
trials exposing our lives & our characters to the slander
and violence of wicked & murderous men, caused our hearts
to swell with gratitude to God for his providential care
over us. Elder Young opened the council by prayer
Elders B. Young H. C. Kimball and P. P. Pratt the comm-
ittee appointed about a year ago to secure a coppy right
of the Book of Mormon in the name of Joseph Smith jr
Presented the following certificate
Feb. 8th 1841
Then entered for his copy the property of Joseph
Smith Jun the Book of Mormon an account writt-
en by the hand of Mormon upon plates taken from
the plates of Nephi. Translated by Joseph Smith jr
First European from the Second American Edition
Received five copies George Greenhill
The above is a true copy of an Entry in the Rejister
Book of the company of Stationers Kept at the Hall
of the said company
Witness my hand this 17th Day of Feburary 1841
George Greenhill Warehousekeeper of theCompany of Stationers
The quorum voted that they accepted the labours
of said committee
Resolved that as the quorum of the Twelve have had
nothing to do with the printing of the Book of Mormon
they will not now interfere with it, but that the said
The following is the intire minutes of the
Business of the quorum of the Twelve for
several Days in succession
Manchester England April 2nd 1841
This Day Elders Brigham Young, [Heber Chase Kimball|Heber C. Kimball]], Orson
Hide, Parley P. PrattWillard Richards, Willford Woodru
ff John Taylor & G. A. Smith of the Quorum of the
Twelve met together at the house of Br James Bewsher
Coachman No 4 Gray Street near Oxford Road in this
City in Council after having been seperated & dispersed
in various countries for the last four years
To meet once more in council after a long seperation
and having passed through many sore and grieveous
trials exposing our lives & our characters to the slander
and violence of wicked & murderous men, caused our hearts
to swell with gratitude to God for his providential care
over us - - - Elder Young opened the council by prayer
Elders B. Young H. C. Kimball and P. P. Pratt the committee appointed about a year ago to secure a coppy right
of the Book of Mormon in the name of Joseph Smith jr
Presented the following certificate
Feb. 8th 1841
Then entered for his copy the property of Joseph
Smith Jun the Book of Mormon an account written by the hand of Mormon upon plates taken from
the plates of Nephi. Translated by Joseph Smith jr
First European from the Second American Edition
Received five copies George Greenhill
The above is a true copy of an Entry in the Rejister
Book of the Company of Stationers Kept at the Hall
of the said company
witness my hand this 17th Day of Feburary 1841
George Greenhill
Warehouse keeper of the Company of Stationers
The quorum voted that they accepted the labours
of said Committee
Resolved that as the quorum of the Twelve have had
nothing to do with the printing of the Book of Mormon
they will not now interfere with it, but that the said
"Journal (January 1, 1841 – December 31, 1842)," April 5, 1841, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed January 5, 2025, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/r64